Citation

Glemser PA, Krauskopf A, Simons D, Schlemmer HP, Yen K. Radiologe 2015; 55(10): 901-914.

Vernacular Title

Klinisch-forensische Bildgebung : Erfassung und Dokumentation innerer Verletzungsbefunde bei lebenden Gewaltopfern.

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin und Verkehrsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00117-015-0021-6

PMID

26443330

Abstract

External examination of the body surface with documentation of all visible findings can still be regarded as the status quo of clinical forensic injury assessment. It is obvious that internal findings cannot be detected using this technique. For obtaining such findings accessible well-established radiological techniques, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be used. Especially MRI with no damaging radiation exposure for the examined person allows the detection of internal soft tissue and organ damage and offers a great potential regarding new techniques for allowing insights into tissue composition and function. Furthermore, imaging data collected in clinical institutions before the patient was transferred to the department of legal medicine will play a major role in the future. Although these data were obtained based on a different approach, they provide excellent and recent information on injuries in the respective (current) case and can therefore be of high value for the forensic expertise.

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